Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-14

Columbia heuse window, seeing the shooting,
and that the man VIII, shot wore stiaw hat
rubber coat aad light pants; also told OF
verious statements he had sworn TO-
Albert Nash, T. s. Martin, w. J. Radcliffe,
j. Feidenheimsr and William Hiles ( sufieI
to the good character of Arensdorf and the
bad character Of Leavi,t.
H. A. Lyon testified that whom beside the
dead body soon af,er the shooting Arens lori
came from the east to the crowd
f Lu testified that Arensdorf interfered
n behalf OF temperance speaker whom Geo
Trelber attacked.
Leavenworth depositions were presented %
to Leavitts bad ch sracter In that city.
]. H. Sinonson test fed that tntre was no
secret m eting held ~ Holdenreid's hall to
Il kuowle pa
julius Liebe.tcn testified that he man who
SHIT Haidock follow d him from the Goium-
bis house corner, then rsa north ON Water
street
Chas Schmidt tes ified that the man who ehot
Baadock W re : rubber coat and ran north
on Water street
]. W. Tsylor tes ifisd that Arensdorf re-
inained at the Shepherd until 10 OCT ck.
d. n. Kill an and William Spark tes fled
as 70 tie condition Of the Q ecsiic lght---
could not recoSniAe q man Ut > littie diatan .,
John Dndrick tcsssif3ed that D,emarck ~
with him, drunk, on Pearl etreet, when tlG
sho. was tiroi.
Swan Anderson testified that he was about
ten feet beyond the bridge hen the shot was
fired, stopped, saw no ons cross he bridge.
j. {. Pete son, alias Juhl, testified that he
saw the shoe lug; that The man who ehot wore
q black rubber coat, brown hat and light
Iants.
James Juuh denied the part OF Leavitt's
evlde nee about paying the ha.k driver.
Joe Borsch testified that B'smarck's charac-
ter was bad
J. II Bolton gave evidence about Lsavitts
indit tmen', aud Geo. Seatls ~ TO the location
of the buildings and lights in tho vicinity OF
the murder Sheriff Mcdonald teshned a.
to tho wa rant for Leavitts arrest.
J. G. Hart, boarder at the NJ lwaukee house,
test fed that he was with Pau Leader on the
night of the IN rider, that they two wa ked
through the crowd at Dlneen's c,rner; thai
they two passed down Water st eet Hearing
a shot 10 ked around; saw man with ruDber
coat and light pants iuani & from man who
was shot
Pau Leader testified to substantially the
same as Hart, only was positive that 1t WAS
LIE Wit who took hi, hat and identified the
hat produc ID in court as lhe hat Leavitt t q,
night ok. This was the same hat "a tue one
Identified by Doersam as the one lett by
Leavitt in his room. Leader also stated hat
Arensd lri was at Junks when he tLeader)
LETT Neither Hart nor Lea ier reco. nized
anyone ia the crowd but Leavitt Leaaer cor
roUurAted Bismarck Is to q man rum ng
from the corner to meet the crowd and tell
81 he buggy has come."
FranA A Hill test fed that in taking Leav-
tits evidence he did not write all Leavitt said.
Jlhn Ftzsimmons teshf d his ueief that
the man who shot ran north on Water street.
and was not Areusdort
". o. Merrill testified to Bismarck's bad
character.
James Horton was put on to testify tina,
Arensdorf advis- that the prohibition work
ers be injured, bat the evidence waa
ruled out
s j. Quincy testified that before the grand
jury Leayitt was not asked VINO were present
at the let sslon at Hol enreid's hail
Nicholas Paunley tes ihed that the cast
doors the brewery " re locked ON the night
of the m rder
D. c. Barnes, recalled, testified that on the
night of the murder Arensdorf wore dark
suit, no rubber Coat
Harry Sherman, one of the accused, testified
10 the same as ~ the clothes, and that Arena-
dorf was at his place, tue En- i sh Kitchen,
at i0:Ju anu there he, Sherman, first heard Of
the murder
Robert Buchanan, boy, testified that Arens-
dor, WAS not, and Ieavltt was, in the crowd
hat wet 10 Dineen's cJrner. Like the
others, the boy knew n one in the crowd but
Lsavit.
John Aren .dorf, the accused, denied oil the
| material points in the evidence OF LeAvttt,
| bismarck ana Bismarck's daughter; testified
that from Junk's he went east to the English
murder.
The confessions of Lsavitt aud Bismarck
charging the crime to Arensdorf were the
same n q / material points.
few witnesses re- Introduced by the
State n rebuttal, but nothin, new veioped.
1 he State rest7d lis case March 81 Johr
| Arensdorf was paced ON tn, wi ness siand
! April 2. The defense rested il. case April ii.
The case went to the jury Saturday, Aprl 10
| The JUICY was called TO the urt room
Sunday April II, at 1880 by Judge ewis.
Dennis OOonuel, Sanx farmer, was ,ht
only jur. m II vJting guilty" aud he an
Lounced that he wou never change his
mi ID unuer the evidence, whereupon he jury
was discharged and the prisoner held in 425,
coo Tor furth r trial
At tho June term the cases were agair
cal ed, and the STATE eiectet 10 try Fred
Mu1chrath, jr., first The dsfense asked
ior and gained continGa ,ce to the
present term on account of the
defendant being sick The cases were again
calie at ,hs eginning e. the present term
snd the trial OF Fred Munchra 4, Jr, set fol
September S. Owing TO assent witnesses
continuance was granted until the 7th.